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Endangered
CITES App. II
Echinofossulocactus guerraianus
Stachlige Wildnis 339. 1942 fide Rep. Spec. Nov. 51: 63. 1942
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Echinofossulocactus guerraianus
Author
Backeb.
Chinese genus
多棱球属
Chinese name
-
Primary
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Habit
It is a solitary plant.
Central Spines
1, milky white approximately, 4 cm long;
Flowers
3 cm long, clear pink to violet with white edge.
Ribs
to 35;
Stem
Globular, to 20 cm broad, dark-green with woolly apex.
Radial Spines
Usually 8, white to yellowish, basally brown; Upper spines 3, to 1.8 cm long, ± flattened; Edge spines